Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weep irish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: weep- irish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cry insincerely or in an exaggerated manner.

Dated

Example Sentences

"I have here omitted the pathetic description of Billy Flannagan, touching the doleful parting of Cathleen with her people, "who wept Irish," hullaghlued, ahahoned, with all the moving circumstances of her farewell, and the seeing her home."
"All this while, above in chambers looking out, we saw the long-bearded ministers of Geneva who laughed at us; but if we might have had our wills we would have made them to have wept Irish."
"She never confesed to me this seed of my disorder, but "wept Irish" to others, how I had shed tears at birth before my first sound."

Etymology

From the extravagant displays of emotion associated with professional mourners at traditional Irish funerals.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

weeps Irish (present, singular) weeping Irish (participle, present) wept Irish (participle, past) wept Irish (past)

Phrases

crocodile tear

Frequently Paired Words

crocodile tear melodramatic

Questions

What does weep irish mean?: To cry insincerely or in an exaggerated manner.
Where does weep irish come from?: From the extravagant displays of emotion associated with professional mourners at traditional Irish funerals.

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